I know this is a dark, hard, angry, fearful time for many of us. I have heard and read such a range ...

From Melissa Myozen Blacker‘s Facebook post: “On the night of December 2nd, in a secret ceremony held late in the night during the December Rohatsu sesshin at Boundless Way Temple, I gave my student James Myosan Cordova denbo, or full Dharma transmission. The ancient traditional ...

Completed on October 07, 2009 Mary Mocine (b. February 21, 1944) is a Soto Zen priest in the lineage of Shunryu Suzuki-roshi currently leading the Clear Water Zendo at the Vallejo Zen Center in Vallejo, California. A Dharma heir of Sojun Mel Weitsman of the ...

With palms together, Good Morning All, “I am of the nature to grow old”…so says one of the five remembrances, and more often than not, my own body as I wake in the morning. Stiff, tense, unyielding to free movement, I hobble. Sometimes needing ...

On Tuesday night when I checked the election results, I felt as if I’d been hit with a sledgehammer. I walked to my room and laid down in the floor for about half an hour, thinking “Oh God.” We humans have the three primary components ...

WEBSITE: http://zeninamerica.com/ Hi friends! I’ve been having a blast doing this documentary so far, finding myself wanting to see it someday as much as anyone else. As you can see from the trailer, it’s not just teachers I’m talking with — I want this film ...

In Soto Zen Buddhism, practicing under the guidance of a teacher is extremely important. When I practiced in Japanese monasteries, this was stressed over and over again. Whenever I met someone new, they invariably would ask, “Who is your teacher?” This emphasis has been carried ...

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Established in 2009 as a grassroots initiative, Sweeping Zen is a digital archive of information on Zen Buddhism. Featuring in-depth interviews, an extensive database of biographies, news, articles, podcasts, teacher blogs, events, directories and more, this site is dedicated to offering the public a range of views in the sphere of Zen Buddhist thought. We are also endeavoring to continue creating lineage charts for all Western Zen lines, doing our own small part in advancing historical documentation on this fabulous import of an ancient tradition. Come on in with a tea or coffee. You're always bound to find something new.

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